Interview timeline after Documentarily Qualified (DQ)

[DBarton 19]

49 minutes ago, Prettybartley said:

I was approved today!!! 12/9/2020

visa Approved

Congrats!!! And before the holidays... 🙌🏾

[Stacey Ann 519]

On 12/8/2020 at 12:46 PM, kimisha said:

Not yet. My status still shows at NVC. DQ 9/1

Pls keep us posted. Hopefully soon they will begin scheduling Sept DQs

1 hour ago, Prettybartley said:

I was approved today!!! 12/9/2020

visa Approved

Yayyyyyy CONGRATULATIONS 🎉🥳🎉🥳❗

[Tishy Wishy 18]

1 hour ago, Prettybartley said:

I was approved today!!! 12/9/2020

visa Approved

Congratulations! 🥳

[MS CANTY 85]

Can someone tell me how long they wait for their visa to issue?

[Unknown101 112]

2 hours ago, Prettybartley said:

I was approved today!!! 12/9/2020

visa Approved

Well done 👏👏💯👍

[Unknown101 112]

38 minutes ago, MS CANTY said:

Can someone tell me how long they wait for their visa to issue?

I saw issued the same day .. when I went home 

[MS CANTY 85]

Oh wow mine keep saying ready?

[Prettybartley 77]

1 hour ago, Unknown101 said:

Well done 👏👏💯👍

Thanks

[ShanShan391 18]

11 hours ago, MS CANTY said:

Can someone tell me how long they wait for their visa to issue?

It depends maybe a day or 2, for my case it said Administrative Processing the same day after his interview. I freaked out but my husband said he didn't get a 221g ,Thanksgiving was the next day so no change and on that Friday it changed to issue. So by the end of the week you should see the change, and once it says issue give about 3 business days for them to send a email that its ready for pick up.  

[UAE Abudhabi CR1 3]

I am CRI category my wife is a resident in US. Currently i am residing in UAE-Abudhabi my DQ's got qualified on 5th October 2020. Still the case is in NVC.

Kindly let me know me your suggestions on the subject request.

[MS CANTY 85]

6 hours ago, ShanShan391 said:

It depends maybe a day or 2, for my case it said Administrative Processing the same day after his interview. I freaked out but my husband said he didn't get a 221g ,Thanksgiving was the next day so no change and on that Friday it changed to issue. So by the end of the week you should see the change, and once it says issue give about 3 business days for them to send a email that its ready for pick up.  

Thank you

[L&K2020 10]

On 12/8/2020 at 11:37 AM, SwanC said:

No problem hun, listen hit me up if you have any questions. This was the biggest hurdle for us and we were able to get over it, I’m happy to share anything I know, or used to help you guys over this hurdle as well. 💪🏾

I am hopeful that marijuana will soon become decriminalized or legalized in the US and all of this nonsense will finally be behind us.  The fact that I can walk around the corner at my house in the states and buy up to a ounce of marijuana and people are treated as if they’ve committed some horrible crime is absolutely Ridiculous.  I am praying this will happen sooner than later, and not just for us but for people that are sitting in jail right now or people that have been deported and ripped away from their families and children. 🙏

[SwanC 88]

On 12/9/2020 at 2:57 PM, MS CANTY said:

Can someone tell me how long they wait for their visa to issue?

His said administrative processing the day of his interview after his approval, Dec 2nd.

 It switched to “issued” by the next day which was Dec 3rd. He got an email by Monday, Dec 7, that it was ready for pick up. 

On 12/9/2020 at 1:22 PM, Prettybartley said:

I was approved today!!! 12/9/2020

visa Approved

Congratulations hun! Just in time for Christmas 😊

[bbpingwing777 1]

On 12/8/2020 at 8:03 AM, SwanC said:

Sorry this is about to be long.  

 

Okay hun so here are some factors I had to consider when approaching the medical with my hubby.

My husband was smoking straight up until we got the email that he got his interview date. Smh I didn’t even think about the medical having a drug test ( 🤦🏽‍♀️). So now I was in panic mode because I knew he only had about 45 days before he had to do his medical. 

 So for a chronic smoker (like smoking every day or several times a day - like my hubby was doing). It was very important that he stopped smoking AT LEAST 30-45 days from his medical to give him a chance at passing. He’s a pretty skinny dude so he could get away with that time frame. But if he had more fat on him he would need 60-90 days at least because THC sticks to your fat cells. He was doing lots of physical activity to sweat and burn off any fat which would get rid of the thc and transfer it to his kidneys which is why then he needed to drink lots of water/ water with lime/ cranberry juice/ coconut water - all those things was helping to really flush his system.  So that wa s important for him to get rid of all that built up THC that a urine or hair follicle test would pick up. Now all he had to do was not smoke at all and he wouldn’t add any new thc into his body that a urine/blood/ saliva test would pick up. He messed up like 15 days out from our medical and smoked. So it’s like he reset his clock. Luckily our medical was pushed another two weeks for some personal reasons so it gave him some more time to detox. He barely was taking any of the detox pills I sent for him ( 🙄🙄). But I knew he was not smoking, he was still hanging out with people who smoked, but not everyday, he started to keep to himself after a while. He was working on his farm so he was sweating a lot, he was drinking tons of water and getting adequate rest. All things important for detoxing drugs out your system. 
 

Come medical day he just went in with a prayer that he had gotten it out of his system enough that the test won’t detect it. Because they can find THC in your blood or urine but it has to pass a specific threshold mark for it to be alerted that you have drugs in your system and you failed the test. So once your levels are low enough you good. 
 

I was praying when he went to his interview last week that they didn’t say he failed his medical. But we were approved so that means he passed. He is on his way to pick up his visa right now. 
 

** Something to note: Now for a chronic smoker  THC can be detected in the hair follicle the longest ( like 90 days ). Urine is about 30 days, blood a 2-3 days and just hours for a one time smoker. Saliva is the easiest to pass because it doesn’t stay in the saliva but for a few hours. (And this is time frames after there last smoke, so if a chronic smoker smoked his last spliff 90 days ago a hair follicle test can still pick it up, and so on for the rest of the test and time frames) 

 

So I knew if he could just stay clean for about 30-45 days and get all that built up THC out his system he would be good. If you just stop smoking and do nothing else (like taking detox pills and those extra measures) and let the built up THC leave your body naturally it can take like 60-90 days for you to possibly pass a drug test. I only know all of this stuff because I have to administer drug test for employers at the clinic I worked at. 
 

But yea thats my story.
 

Tell hubby to keep his head up, to continue refraining from smoking. Keep to himself if he has to. You can send him some at home drug kits (amazon has them for a couple bucks) that way he can know he’s negative. So when they pop up and do random drug Test he’s in the clear. I pray y’all stay strong through this.  

 

Thank you for sharing this story. I’m in a similar situation where my fiancé is currently detoxing. I also didn’t realize he would be tested for weed until the day we were finally able to schedule his interview and move forward with scheduling the medical and I began to learn about it. Smh, almost tragically too late. But in time for me to cancel his appointment so we can reschedule when he’s clean. 
 

he stopped smoking only about 8 days ago but earlier this week he went to his doctor and told him wah gwan, so his doc gave him a water pill and multivitamin to cleanse. His doc also scheduled him for a practice drug test in a couple weeks so we can see if it’s worked. If so we will move forward trying to reschedule his interview and medical right away!

 

my question for you is: did they ask your hubby “have you EVER smoked before?” And if so, what did he say??

at this point I’m confident he will test negative when he goes in but that question is really looming over me. 
 

ive heard lots of things: ALWAYS be honest (which can result in a ban), and NEVER admit to marijuana use (which can have more severe repercussions if they decide that’s a lie) ... but you got through it! So what did he say?

 

congrats btw I’m so happy he passed and gets to join you here soon! Blessings! 

 

[Unknown101 112]

3 hours ago, bbpingwing777 said:

 

We'll if this will help ...they always say .. say no to drugs ..  good luck on your medical... 🙏